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A New Version of the Geriatric Depression Scale for Nursing and Residential Home Populations: The Geriatric Depression Scale (Residential) (GDS-12R)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Caroline Sutcliffe ,
Lis Cordingley ,
Alistair Burns ,
Caroline Godlove Mozley ,
Heather Bagley ,
Peter Huxley  and
David Challis
Caroline Sutcliffe
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK.
Lis Cordingley
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK.
Alistair Burns
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK.
Caroline Godlove Mozley
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK.
Heather Bagley
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK.
Peter Huxley
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK.
David Challis
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Manchester, England, UK.
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Abstract

The objective was to develop a new short-form Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-12R) suitable for older people living in nursing and residential care settings, including those persons with significant cognitive impairment. A total of 308 newly admitted residents of 30 nursing and residential homes in northwest England were interviewed using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), the Mini-Mental State Examination, and the Affect Balance Scale (ABS). A 12-item version of the GDS was shown to have greater internal reliability than the 15-item version, because of the context-dependent nature of the deleted items. There was close agreement between the GDS-12R items and another indicator of depressed mood (a single item from the ABS). Furthermore, moderate to high levels of cognitive impairment did not affect the performance of the new version of the scale. The GDS-12R provides researchers and clinicians with a brief, easy-to-administer depression scale that is relevant to residential and nursing home populations.

Type
Depression
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 173 - 181
Copyright
© 2000 International Psychogeriatric Association

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